That's a nice clarification in the '25 edition. Thank you very much Tom. So it sounds like if you have one connection for the whole townhome then 5gpm. Otherwise, in my case, bam bam bam x8 ..enjoy your 2" water meter. ;-)
Thanks, AJ On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 2:11 PM Tom Wellen <[email protected]> wrote: > AJ, > > NFPA 13D, 2025 EditionA.6.5.2 > > The 5 gpm (20 L/min) provision is intended to be per connection and not > per dwelling unit. A townhouse with more than two dwelling units fed by a > common water connection would only require 5 gpm (20 L/min) to be added to > size the common piping. > > > Does this answer your question? > > > > Tom Wellen > > [email protected] > > > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 1:39 PM Anthony Johnson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good afternoon, >> A quicky: 13D requires 5 gpm when there is "more than one dwelling >> unit". I have about eight being a townhome - each getting their own system >> but a common feed and only one meter. Should I include 5 gpm for ea unit or >> just 5 gpm for the whole lot? >> >> Thanks, >> AJ >> >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> SprinklerForum mailing list: >> >> https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] > > > _________________________________________________________ > SprinklerForum mailing list: > https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected]
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